United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 656 public colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of California Los Angeles leads the list by accepting 9% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Northern Michigan University

Marquette, MI

71%
Minnesota State University Mankato

Mankato, MN

71%
University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, MO

71%
Mayville State University

Mayville, ND

71%
Oklahoma State University Main Campus

Stillwater, OK

71%
Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, VA

71%
Dickinson State University

Dickinson, ND

72%
University of Minnesota Rochester

Rochester, MN

72%
Georgia Southwestern State University

Americus, GA

73%
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI

73%
Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

73%
Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY

73%
SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

73%
Winston Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

73%
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, OK

73%
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

73%
Johnson State College

Johnson, VT

73%
University of Wisconsin Parkside

Kenosha, WI

73%